Can attachment.



l. W. BRONNER.

CAN ATTACHMENT- APPLICATION man JAN-21. 191s.

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CAN ATTACHMENT.

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Patented Apr. 3, 1917.

7 Application filed January 21, 1916. Serial No. 73,392.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OSEPH W BRONNER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have invented new and useful Improvements in Can Attachments, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a can attachment and more particularly to an attachment whereby the lid may be held against displacement and the can properly carried.

The primary object of the invention is to provide an attachment of the character specified of simple construction wh ch can be readily attached to and detached from a can so'that upon defect in the can the at tachm ent can be used for another can, thus preventing the expense of constructing a handle and fastener for each can.

An object of the invention is to provide an attachment for cans that can be readily removedthus allowing the attachment to be used over and over again and not to be, discarded when the can is rendered useless.

A further object of the invention is to provide an attachment of simple construc tion capable of frictionally engaging the bead of a can for positively preventing the displacement of the cover, the attachment at the same time acting in the capacity of a handle. 7

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing and pointed out in the claim hereunto'appended.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a top plan View of a can showing my attachment applied thereto.

Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the can and the attachment in side elevation.

Fig. 3 is a detailed vertical sectional View.

Fig. 4 is a detailed vertical sectional View of a modification.

Fig. 5 is a detailed sectionalview of a further modification.

Fig. 6 is a view illustrating the manner in which the handle and the cross bar may be separated.

Referring to the drawing the numeral 1 designates the body of the can having its upper edge portion formed with an annular member defining a head 2 and including a U-shaped flanged member 3 extending inwardly from the edge of the can. Frictionally engaging the flange 3 is a cover 4: depressed as indicated at 5 so as to provide an upwardly extending flange 6, the latter being the portion that engages the flange 3.

My attachment comprises a cross rod 7 made of heavy grade of wire or any suitable material and as shown has its extremities formed into hooks 8 engaging under the bead 2. At this point attention is called to the fact that when arranging the rod 7 in position the same is moved across the can until the hook shaped extremities frictionally engage. the bead of the can and this friction is increased until a degree of pressure is reached which will prevent the rod from accidentally moving from the bead. When the rod is in this position its intermediate portions thereof engage the edge portion oi the flange 6 with the result that the cover at is prevented from moving in a direction to leave the can and to also hold the flange 6 in its proper tight engagement with thefiange 3. The member 8 that forms the handle of my attachment is given an arcuate shape and the extremities thereof are formed into eyes 9 so as to encircle an intermediate portion of the rod 7, to allow the handle to have a swinging movement so as to either lie in the depression 5 when in an inoperative position or to extend at right angles to the plane of the top when in an operative position. The handle located as shown is obviously held against sliding movement on the bar to an extent which would cause the handle to engage the side walls of the can and the end portions of the bar when the can is tilted by grasping the handle. Engagement of this character frequently takes place when the usual handle or bail is connected with the usual ears on the sides of a bucket, and when the transverse bar is employed the same result should follow except for the provision of confining the handle by means of the flanges spaced from the outer wall of the can.

The construction of the device illustrated in Fig. 4 of the drawing is identical with that illustrated in Figs. 1 to 3 inclusive with the exception that the cross rod 10 is depressed at the point 11 so as to accommodate the different construction of can in which the upper most edge 12 of the cover 13 is disposed slightly below the upper edge 14: of the body of the can.

In Fig. 5 of the drawing I have so shaped the cross rod 15 as to accommodate a can the cover of which has a diameterequal to the diameter of the body of the can. In this particular instance each end portion of the cross rod 15 is initially bent at right angles as shown" at 16 andthen subsequently at an ngle to engage under the bead 17 of the can 4 body.

At this point I wish tocall attention to the fact that although I have only illustrated three difi'erent constructions of scans I'wish it to be understood that in slightly changing the configuration of the cross rod I am able to accommodate many other constructions'of cans.

The extremities of the rod and the eyes of the handles of my attachment bear the relation as clearly illustrated in Fig. (3 of the drawings wherein it Will be seen that the proportion of the extremities of the cross rod and the eyes of the handle is such that the former can readily pass through the latter so that a cross rod may be used independent of a handle or vice versa.

From the foregoing description taken in connectionwith the accompanying drawing it should be apparent that I provide a device Whioh is admirably adapted for the purpose for which it is intended, that the deviceis simple durable, and eflicient of construction and that the device may be manufactured and sold at a comparatively low cost.

The change in the form, proportion and minor details of construction may be made within the scope of the claim without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

lVhat I claim is The combination with a can formed With an annular member defining a bead at the its ends positioned within the flange of the cover, said flange preventing the displacement of the handle on the bar.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH W. BRONN ER. Witnesses E. EDMONSTON, J r., BENNETT S. Jones;

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